Creating a sustainable and compassionate community
by Chuck Lynd Most of us shop with little awareness of the supply chains that support the consumer goods we buy. Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI.com) has deconstructed supply chains and concluded that, on average, the items we purchase include about 42% embedded CO2 . The moral to this research story […]
Quercus macrocarpa Bur Oak, Burr Oak, Mossycup Oak by Martin (Mort) Schmidt for Simply Living While traveling through Missouri recently, I stopped to pay homage to the magnificent “Big Tree”, by some accounts, tied for the country’s Champion Bur Oak. I was not disappointed. This impressive tree was hundreds of […]
Creating a compassionate and sustainable world through personal, community and cultural transformation.